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In two experiments using positive adaptation sequences followed by reverse negative ones, the presence of two separate movement aftereffects was studied. In Experiment 1 subjects were adapted binocularly, whereas in Experiment 2 monocular adaptation was employed. It was found that the movement aftereffect, like the negative afterimage, displays quite separate adaptation mechanisms—a long-term and a short-term mechanism. This indicates the existence of two distinct mechanisms of adaptation, connected in some way but occurring at different stages of visual adaptation.
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Mahmud, S.A. Two stages of motion adaptation in human visual system. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 26, 47–49 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334857
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